how to transfer garmin waypoints to new garmin

Here is a video to show you how it works: Step 2B – Garmin Pilot ( video) When we tested this, if we renamed the GPX file on the SD card (triggering a newer file modification date) it did reimport the deleted waypoint. If you delete a User Waypoint on the Aera, it remains deleted even if you pop out the SD card and reinsert it.

There is no way to do this OTA (over the air) but you can use a mini USB cable from the Aera to your laptop if you cannot read the SD card. They show up on the maps and can be searched when creating flight plans. You don’t get any notifications but they are now on the device under Tools>User Waypoints. Insert this is into the Aera 660 slot – the Aera can be swsitched on. The name doesn’t matter as long as it is a. The Aera takes a special GPX format so click the Helipaddy GPX button and save the file to a micro SD card inserted into your laptop within the GARMIN folder. Now go to the online dashboard home page and you will see the export buttons CSV, GPX, CSV (Garmin GTN) and KML. Mark any Helipaddy sites you want to export as Favourites which you can do in the App or online in your dashboard.

Helipaddy has approached all three companies on behalf of pilots because, unlike them, we subscribe to the Aviation Open Data Protocols AOD for data sharing and API’s.

They are focused on fixed-wing markets, not us helicopter chaps at the time of writing. We have produced this guide independently of Garmin, SkyDemon or Foreflight. This works very nicely if you like creating flight plans in the cockpit and/or use the HeliSAS autopilot with Garmin Avionics. See Step 2C below.įortunately, the Helipaddy chaps have cracked all these formats meaning you can use Helipaddy to store your favourite sites and then push them all to Garmin (or SkyDemon or Foreflight etc.). If you don’t then your terrain warnings will go off in your ear when you land at a “waypoint”. It does not allow you to set the “Airport” flag for a waypoint, you have to do this manually from the GTN. GTN650 / GTN750 – also uses CSV but with a proprietary format.Garmin Pilot – uses CSV (or Excel) format and allows longer place names eg 24 characters – see Step 2B below.Garmin Aera 660 – as with most Garmin handheld devices, it uses a GPX file format.We were surprised to find that the three Garmin units use different formats for waypoints as follows: Note that none of these systems allow you to upload logical landing sites, you have to fudge it by importing them as “waypoints”. Helipaddy’s founders have an R66 with a GTN650, an Aera 660 and Garmin Pilot. This is one of our most asked questions – how do I get my landing sites into my Garmin Avionics?

How to transfer garmin waypoints to new garmin